Higher
1st December 1988
- 1Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks
Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x + 3)(x + 2).
- 2Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 28500 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 3Pythagoras2 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 15 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
- 4Venn Diagrams3 marks
In a Venn diagram, 9 are in A only, 11 in B only, 9 in both and 7 in neither. Work out the probability a random one is in both.
- 5Histograms2 marks
A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 12.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
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